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other chemical elements (like carbon and nitrogen) on earth are used over and over again as living things take them in, use them, and then put them back into the environment. 聽These recycling processes are called “biogeochemical cycles” and include the water cycle, the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle.</p> <p>When I was at NASA’s Goddard Space Center, a scientist showed us <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/dinosaurFossilFuel/">this video</a> he made about 聽how the carbon cycle works. You can see for yourself how every time you eat a banana or drive a car, you are part of the cycle.<br /> <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uStoBFtjy8U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /> NASA’s Climate Kids website also has some <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/dinosaurFossilFuel/" target="_blank">cool explanations of how the carbon cycle works</a>. 聽You can actually blow through a straw into a liquid that is an acid-indicator and watch the liquid become more acidic from the carbon dioxide in your breath! 聽 I’m trying to figure out how to make this experiment safe and easy to do at home, and will post it when I figure it out.</p> <div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://kitchenpantryscientist.com/carbon-bananas-coal-and-you/" data-a2a-title="Carbon, Bananas, Coal and You"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fkitchenpantryscientist.com%2Fcarbon-bananas-coal-and-you%2F&linkname=Carbon%2C%20Bananas%2C%20Coal%20and%20You" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fkitchenpantryscientist.com%2Fcarbon-bananas-coal-and-you%2F&linkname=Carbon%2C%20Bananas%2C%20Coal%20and%20You" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fkitchenpantryscientist.com%2Fcarbon-bananas-coal-and-you%2F&linkname=Carbon%2C%20Bananas%2C%20Coal%20and%20You" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div> </section> <p class="postmetadata"> In: <a href="https://kitchenpantryscientist.com/category/the-world-around-us/" rel="category tag">The World Around Us</a> | <a href="https://kitchenpantryscientist.com/carbon-bananas-coal-and-you/#comments" class="comments-link" >3 comments »</a></p> </article> <aside id="comments"> <h2>3 Comments <a href="#postcomment" title="Leave a comment">»</a> </h2> <div class="pages"> <div class="left"></div> <div class="right"></div> </div> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="" id="comment-2021"> <div class="quote"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/164886ad8636b91bc9c8606bb5934e7a?s=35&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/164886ad8636b91bc9c8606bb5934e7a?s=70&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-35 photo' height='35' width='35' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <p>Hmm.. this is interesting. I’m looking forward for your sharing on the experiment. 馃檪</p> </div> </li> <cite><a href="http://friendster.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Amy</a> on <a href="#comment-2021" title="">November 14th, 2011 at 9:15 pm </a></cite> <li class="" id="comment-2022"> <div class="quote"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=35&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=70&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-35 photo avatar-default' height='35' width='35' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <p>[…] week, I wrote about Carbon, Banana, Coal and You and promised you a safe, easy way to see the carbon dioxide in your breath. Once again, the star […]</p> </div> </li> <cite><a href="https://kitchenpantryscientist.com/?p=2479" class="url" rel="ugc">CO2 Breath Test « The Kitchen Pantry Scientist</a> on <a href="#comment-2022" title="">November 15th, 2011 at 12:59 pm </a></cite> <li class="" id="comment-11117"> <div class="quote"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=35&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=70&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-35 photo avatar-default' height='35' width='35' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <p>[…] If you liked this experiment, try making “fizzy balloons“ with the same ingredients (plus a balloon, of course!) If you want to learn more about carbon dioxide gas and the carbon cycle, here’s a link to a cool video from NASA that explains it using a banana and a chunk of coal. 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